Sent Without a marketing strategy, you can come up with the very best widget, or whatever it is, that has ever been, and never need more than one of them. Until a way is made to connect with the masses, it doesn’t matter what kind of wonder it will perform, all those people that would be helped by it will just miss out on its greatness. This is why making a connection beyond the walls of its origination is at least as important as coming up with it in the first place. Though Apple products provide a way for some incredible technical tools to be accessed by everyone, ensuring that the whole world knows about them has been just as critical to their success as the products themselves. While commercials, emails, and billboards are all effective in spreading the news, though, the most effective means of connecting to the world is the shared experience of each person who is truly impacted. The exponential effect of the testimony is by far the best way to cover the whole world with awareness of greatness. The only way it fails is when the experience goes unshared. There was a joy that Jesus set before Him on the way to the cross of an ever-expanding spread of the gospel to cover the people of the whole world. The shared experience of the new life His sacrifice provided would become more critical than His actual presence here on earth. When allowed to effect its complete transformation, there is nothing else that comes close to the improvement it makes not only on this earth life, but way beyond as well. For every person that ever lives this is the most critical thing they could ever acquire, and yet, without an effective way of getting the word out, its potential just passes away with last breaths. This is why Jesus gave the command to “go” to the world, and then provide the Holy Spirit to ensure its testimony would be power-packed. Right after the day of Pentecost, the gospel quickly spread across the then-known world through those whose lives exemplified its good news. Since then, there has been an ever-expanding spread wherever its true experience is simply shared. This divine marketing plan has only fallen short where its sharing has been withheld. There is a part of our world that each of us can uniquely touch with the incredible sharing of eternal life in Christ. The only way they might not know is because of an unshared testimony. Just as important as purchased salvation is the exponential spread of its news through those who know its joy. Notes Life like no other – for the whole world John 3:16 (NKJV) 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Connecting to God’s life – Abundance/Not lack John 10:10 (NKJV) 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. Available to all – in need of knowing Matthew 9:37-38 (NKJV) 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38 Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” With connection – Commission - Sent John 17:18-21 (NKJV) 18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth. 20 "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. Full connection - discipled Matthew 28:18-20 (NKJV) 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. Empowered to be a witness Acts 1:7-8 (NKJV) 7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Overview: The heart of God is life for everyone. In Christ there is life that doesn’t steal, but is everlasting abundance. Though available for all, they must know. The very best promotion is a shared experience. To know eternal life is to be sent to share it. We’re empowered to share God’s heart from a continual experience of it by the Holy Spirit. Prayer: I am so grateful for this abundant life You’ve given me in Christ. As I am blessed to encounter You continually by the Spirit, I desire to effectively share this experience as a witness to a world. Help me to connect them to Your heart. Declarations: Because I have heard and received the truth of God’s heart for me, I have abundant and eternal life in Christ. As I have connected to His heart for me, I have also been sent to share His same passion for others. There are many that I am uniquely equipped to tell of God’s love for them, and they may never know unless I share. Jesus’ gift of the Holy Spirit has empowered me to effectively share and demonstrate God’s heart.